John SPARK m1. 15 Dec 1826 Mairy THOMSON at Whitsome And Hilton, Berwick, Scotland [IGI Batch Number M117574 extracted from parish records]

Children of John SPARK and Mairy/Mairie/Marion THOMSON:
1. Alexander SPARK b 1827, d bef 1841 (Peter Spark)
2. Janet SPARK b 22 Mar 1829 Whitsome And Hilton, Berwick, Scotland d/o John SPARK and Mairie THOMSON [IGI Batch Number C117574 extracted from parish records]
3. George SPARK b 1831, d bef 1841 (Peter Spark)
4. Elisabeth SPARK b 27 Feb 1834 Whitsome And Hilton, Berwick, Scotland d/o John SPARK and Marion THOMSON [IGI Batch Number C117574 extracted from parish records]
Marion THOMSON must have died after the birth of Elizabeth.

1841 British Census taken Sunday 6 June:
John SPARK 35, Ann 25, Janet 11, Elizabeth 7, John 3, William 1 yr. Residing at Markinch(?). All born Fifeshire except John Snr.
This shows two daughters of his first marriage and two sons to his second wife Ann. (Information provided by Peter Spark)

Death of John SPARK
Newspaper reports show John SPARK(S) died 2 Nov 1847 at Markinch on his way to Coaltown of Balgonie. He was buried 7 Nov 1847 at Wemyss, Scotland.

4 Nov 1847 Fifeshire Journal
COALTON OF BALGONIE
A Man Found Dead. - On the morning of Tuesday this week, about seven o'clock, when some workmen were going to their work, they discovered on the east side of the railway embankment to the north of this, and a little to the south of Sythrum farm, the lifeless body of a man named Sparks, who had resided in this place for sometime back. Deceased was seen in Markinch on Monday evening in a state of inebriation, and it appears, when on his way home from Markinch to Coaltown of Balgonie, he had gone along the railway line, and had possibly stumbled and fallen forward on the pailing which fences in the railway, when his chin was caught by one of the bars that compass the fence. He had in all likelihood been strangled, his head was through between two bars, while his hands were leaning on an under bar, with another under his chin. Such a case affords a striking illustration of the evils that flow from inebriety.

6 Nov 1847 The Fifeshire Advertiser
(repeat of above)

11 Nov 1847 Fife Herald
MARKINCH Man Killed. - An individual of the name of Sparks, employed in planting hedges and fences along the railway line, was found dead at the foot of the embankment to the south of Sythrum, on the morning of Tuesday week. The deceased had left Markinch about eight o'clock in the night previous, somewhat the worse of liquor, and it is supposed had stumbled down the side of the embankment and had fallen upon an upright post of the paling with his forehead with such force as to have terminated his existence. The stroke must at once have proved fatal, as there was no appearance of any struggle having been made.
(Newspaper extracts provided by Peter Spark)

John SPARK m2. 30 Jun 1837 Ballingry, Fifeshire, Anne WHITEHILL [IGI Batch number M114082 extracted from parish records]
Marriage entry in the Parish of Ballingry, County of Fifeshire: 'Contracted 30th June 1837 John Spark and Anne Whitehill both residing in this parish.' (Extract of entry in Old Parochial Register provided by Peter Spark 28/47154)